Abstract:
Material flow analysis (MFA) becomes more and more an important instrument to support environmental protection and sustainable development. Often, a special approach, lif...Show MoreMetadata
Abstract:
Material flow analysis (MFA) becomes more and more an important instrument to support environmental protection and sustainable development. Often, a special approach, life-cycle assessment (LCA), is put on the same level with material flow analysis. Based on the industrial ecology or industrial metabolism paradigm (Fischer-Kowalski 1998, Fischer-Kowalski and Hüttler 1999), we interpret material flow analysis in a broader sense. That makes it possible to simulate, to analyze and, as a subsequent step, to optimize multi-product systems. This contribution shows how simulation and optimization can utilized in the field of material flow analysis. It can be shown that the different approaches are not alternatives. Rather, it is possible to combine them in order to provide a flexible MFA tool-chain.
Date of Conference: 13-16 December 2009
Date Added to IEEE Xplore: 11 March 2010
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Sustainability Science Department, Leuphana University of Lueneburg, Germany
ANDREAS MOELLER is a Professor for environmental informatics and digital media within the sustainability sciences department of the Leuphana University Lueneburg, Germany. His Ph.D. is from the University of Hamburg in 2000. His research interests include material flow analysis methods and concepts, in particular around material flow networks, computer support for material flow analysis and the role of these instruments i...Show More
ANDREAS MOELLER is a Professor for environmental informatics and digital media within the sustainability sciences department of the Leuphana University Lueneburg, Germany. His Ph.D. is from the University of Hamburg in 2000. His research interests include material flow analysis methods and concepts, in particular around material flow networks, computer support for material flow analysis and the role of these instruments i...View more
Ifu Hamburg GmbH, Germany
MARTINA PROX is marketing director and member of the research staff of the institute for environmental informatics, Hamburg. Her research interests include the standardization of material and energy flow based cost accounting systems like material flow cost accounting. Main focus of attention is on learning and knowledge acquisition. Her email is
MARTINA PROX is marketing director and member of the research staff of the institute for environmental informatics, Hamburg. Her research interests include the standardization of material and energy flow based cost accounting systems like material flow cost accounting. Main focus of attention is on learning and knowledge acquisition. Her email is View more
University of Applied Sciences, Pforzheim, Germany
MARIO SCHMIDT is a Professor for Operations Research in the Institute for Applied Research (IAF) – Team “Material Flow and Environmental Management”, University of Applied Science, Pforzheim. Research interests: The analysis of material and energy flows in operational production or product systems and the optimization concerning economic and ecological effects,. efficient use of resources – from both a financial and an en...Show More
MARIO SCHMIDT is a Professor for Operations Research in the Institute for Applied Research (IAF) – Team “Material Flow and Environmental Management”, University of Applied Science, Pforzheim. Research interests: The analysis of material and energy flows in operational production or product systems and the optimization concerning economic and ecological effects,. efficient use of resources – from both a financial and an en...View more
University of Applied Sciences, Pforzheim, Germany
HENDRIK LAMBRECHT is PhD student at the Institute for Applied Research, University of Applied Science (IAF) – Team “Material Flow and Environmental Management”, Pforzheim. His research interest is in the area of optimization of material and energy flow systems. His email is
HENDRIK LAMBRECHT is PhD student at the Institute for Applied Research, University of Applied Science (IAF) – Team “Material Flow and Environmental Management”, Pforzheim. His research interest is in the area of optimization of material and energy flow systems. His email is View more
Contents Sustainability Science Department, Leuphana University of Lueneburg, Germany
ANDREAS MOELLER is a Professor for environmental informatics and digital media within the sustainability sciences department of the Leuphana University Lueneburg, Germany. His Ph.D. is from the University of Hamburg in 2000. His research interests include material flow analysis methods and concepts, in particular around material flow networks, computer support for material flow analysis and the role of these instruments in communication processes. His email is
ANDREAS MOELLER is a Professor for environmental informatics and digital media within the sustainability sciences department of the Leuphana University Lueneburg, Germany. His Ph.D. is from the University of Hamburg in 2000. His research interests include material flow analysis methods and concepts, in particular around material flow networks, computer support for material flow analysis and the role of these instruments in communication processes. His email is View more
Ifu Hamburg GmbH, Germany
MARTINA PROX is marketing director and member of the research staff of the institute for environmental informatics, Hamburg. Her research interests include the standardization of material and energy flow based cost accounting systems like material flow cost accounting. Main focus of attention is on learning and knowledge acquisition. Her email is
MARTINA PROX is marketing director and member of the research staff of the institute for environmental informatics, Hamburg. Her research interests include the standardization of material and energy flow based cost accounting systems like material flow cost accounting. Main focus of attention is on learning and knowledge acquisition. Her email is View more
University of Applied Sciences, Pforzheim, Germany
MARIO SCHMIDT is a Professor for Operations Research in the Institute for Applied Research (IAF) – Team “Material Flow and Environmental Management”, University of Applied Science, Pforzheim. Research interests: The analysis of material and energy flows in operational production or product systems and the optimization concerning economic and ecological effects,. efficient use of resources – from both a financial and an environmental perspective, energy and material flow management. He and his research group are involved in numerous research projects, e.g., for the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and for the State of Baden-Wuerttemberg, and occasionally lead larger research groups. In addition, he cooperates with large companies as well as small and medium enterprises, having successfully consulted on many projects. His email is
MARIO SCHMIDT is a Professor for Operations Research in the Institute for Applied Research (IAF) – Team “Material Flow and Environmental Management”, University of Applied Science, Pforzheim. Research interests: The analysis of material and energy flows in operational production or product systems and the optimization concerning economic and ecological effects,. efficient use of resources – from both a financial and an environmental perspective, energy and material flow management. He and his research group are involved in numerous research projects, e.g., for the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and for the State of Baden-Wuerttemberg, and occasionally lead larger research groups. In addition, he cooperates with large companies as well as small and medium enterprises, having successfully consulted on many projects. His email is View more
University of Applied Sciences, Pforzheim, Germany
HENDRIK LAMBRECHT is PhD student at the Institute for Applied Research, University of Applied Science (IAF) – Team “Material Flow and Environmental Management”, Pforzheim. His research interest is in the area of optimization of material and energy flow systems. His email is
HENDRIK LAMBRECHT is PhD student at the Institute for Applied Research, University of Applied Science (IAF) – Team “Material Flow and Environmental Management”, Pforzheim. His research interest is in the area of optimization of material and energy flow systems. His email is View more
